Prevalence and outcomes of cataract surgery in rural China: The China nine-province survey

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2120-2128

  Zhao, Jialiang ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^b   Cui, Hao ^c   Ge, Jian ^d   Guan, Huaijin ^e   Lv, Jianhua ^f   Ma, Xianzhi ^g   Yin, Jinglin ^h   Yin, Zheng Qin ⁱ   Yuan, Yuansheng ^j   Liu, Hu ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Xingtai Eye Hospital   (China)

^g People's Hospital of Xinjiang   (China)

^h People's Hospital of Jiangxi   (China)

ⁱ THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Department of Ophthalmology   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GLAUCOMA; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78049232231     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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